Disgraced ex-football great O.J. Simpson is in legal limbo again, this time as a suspect in a bizarre Las Vegas hotel burglary in which he’s accused of breaking into a room with at least two gun-toting thugs in an admitted “sting operation” to recover “stolen” memorabilia.

Simpson was questioned by police and released after they responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Palace Station Thursday at around 7 p.m.

Cops said they planned to interview him further.

There were conflicting reports surrounding what happened in the room and whether or not guns were used.

Alfred Beardsley, a sports-memorabilia collector and former Simpson pal, said he had been meeting with two other collectors when the ex-running back and his posse busted in.

“I was directed at gunpoint to pack the items up in the condition they were brought in,” Beardsley said.

Simpson admitted he was in the room and said he was conducting his own “sting operation” with the help of auction-house owner Tom Riccio. He said he hatched a scheme at a wedding cocktail party to take back his property – including his Hall of Fame certificate and a picture of him with J. Edgar Hoover.

Simpson said Riccio tipped him off a few weeks ago that collectors “have a lot of your stuff, and they don’t want anyone to know they are selling it.

“We walked into the room. I’m the last one to go in, and when they see me, it’s all, ‘Oh God,’ ” Simpson said.

“Everybody knows this is stolen stuff,” he added. “Not only wasn’t there a break-in, but Riccio came to the lobby and escorted us up to the room. In any event, it’s stolen stuff that’s mine. Nobody was roughed up.”

He insisted there were no guns involved.

Beardsley said Simpson’s cohorts pretended to be customers looking to buy the suit Simpson was wearing on Oct. 3, 1995, when a Los Angeles jury declared him not guilty of murdering his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman 16 months earlier.

The alleged presence of guns was corroborated by collector Bruce Fromong, who claims he was lured to the room under the false pretense of a business deal.

“Him and some of his guys come busting through the door,” Fromong said. “They came in with guns, hollering and screaming.”

He told “Inside Edition” that one of the armed men told him, “If this were L.A., you’d be dead by now.”

Beardsley said that at one point, the men claimed to be police officers. He said they ordered the collectors to hand over their cellphones, though Beardsley refused and used his to dial 911.

He said other items taken from the room include memorabilia signed by Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Montana and a leather-bound copy of “If I Did It,” the original version of Simpson’s hypothetical tell-all whose publishing rights were given by a judge to Goldman’s family.

“O.J.’s in enough trouble. For him to come and do this kind of thing, I don’t know what’s wrong with O.J. This is stupidity.”

Police spokesman José Montoya said Simpson told investigators he “made the comment that he believed the memorabilia was his. We’re getting conflicting stories from the two sides.”

Las Vegas Police Capt. James Dillon said investigators have surveillance video and still images from the hotel, but would not reveal any of the content.

Dillon said some of the items taken from the room have been recovered. “We are continuing to look for the others,” he said, noting the probe was in its “infancy.”

Police said they have spoken to some of Simpson’s associates, but are still looking for the men who were with Simpson at the time.

He also stressed the allegations that guns were used has not been confirmed.

“We have a report from the victim that there were weapons involved,” he said. “We have not determined that at this time and have not recovered any weapons.”

Without divulging any details, Dillon said there was “no hesitation on [Simpson’s] part to cooperate and meet with police.” Any charges against him would have to come from the District Attorney’s Office, police said.

Simpson, 60, is not restricted from leaving Las Vegas.

But the square-jawed Juice has remained in town thus far, and even enjoyed some time on the golf course yesterday.

Meanwhile, Beardsley was spotted whooping it up last night at The Hard Rock Café, sources said.

Police have told the three collectors who were in the room to stop talking with reporters.

The trio has been separately hocking goods tied to the grid great since the murder trial that captured worldwide attention.

Beardsley and Simpson also used to be close friends going back 20 years. Their relationship soured in 2004 when a Santa Monica, Calif., judge ordered Beardsley to turn over to Goldman’s family several pieces of O.J. memorabilia – including his press credential for the 1984 Olympics – as part of a $33.5 million verdict in their wrongful-death suit.

Ron Goldman, Ronald’s father, told The Post that Beardsley contacted the family a couple of months ago about selling the suit.

“There was no way to verify it so we just backed away,” said Goldman, adding that he has not dealt with Beardsley since.

Just a day before the stunning news out of Las Vegas, the Goldman family released the Simpson book under the name, “If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer.”

It details how Simpson would have perpetrated the murders.

“He always looks at himself as being able to do anything he wants,” Goldman fumed. “Maybe he’ll get punished for the first time for the various things he’s done in his life.”

As for the tale of Simpson’s gun-toting crew, Goldman did caution: “We don’t know all the details . . . I guess we’re just going to have to see.”

“It is definitely in his modus operandi, so to speak, to do this,” he added.

When told of Simpson’s “sting operation” excuse during a live interview on Fox News, both Fred Goldman and daughter Kim began laughing.

Simpson, who lives in Miami with his children, Sydney and Justin, was scheduled to give deposition in Florida yesterday in a bankruptcy case involving his eldest daughter, but told the judge he would be out of town.

Simpson – who was in Vegas for a friend’s wedding – was not staying at the $39-a-night Palace Station, but rather at the famed Palms Hotel and Casino, sources said. The Palace Station is one of the city’s less glamorous properties and caters to a mostly local crowd. Everything appeared to be business as usual yesterday at the hotel with a noticeable lack of police presence.